![]() The other prints are entitled “Leafy Lullabies” (the crow is listening to, and looking for bugs under the leaves), and “Chrysanthemum” (inspired by a Hirosado print and an image of my niece). The first, “Breakfast Bee?” (the nuthatch and the bee), is in the Wingtip Press 2019 Leftovers print exchange. Here are my first prints using this process. San Francisco-based Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) selected Berkeley artist Miwako Nishizawa, born in Kyoto Japan, to create pieces for its 2016 poster art series using the moku hanga woodblock technique. Hand Carved Japanese Style 4 Colour Wood Block Print of Giant Octopus & Paper Boat ad vertisement by minouette Ad vertisement from shop minouette minouette From shop minouette. I liken the results to watercolor as opposed to western techniques which are more like oil painting. ![]() Traditionally, separate woodblocks are carved and printed for each color. The actual print is made using a handheld baren as a burnisher. McClains Printmaking Supplies is a good source for tools, blocks, and books about the process.Ĭarving can take a long time, but it’s an opportunity for contemplation, for “being in the moment” with your image, and the blocks eventually become works of art, along with the prints. Check out our moku hanga print selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Japanese-style Woodblock Printing (moku-hanga) Basics John Amoss / Traditional eastern printmaking techniques use water-based relief processes using woodblocks as matrices and a printing pad as a means of pressure. In Moku Hanga, one applies colors to the woodblock with brushes, and uses a kento registration system for printing a paper multiple times. As the images are all hand-pulled, moku hanga prints don’t need a press, and using water-based inks makes this for an easy clean-up. For multiple colors, multiple blocks are carved, with exact registration (kento) marks on each block. To make a print, the block’s surface is saturated with water color and nori paste, and then slightly dampened paper is laid down and pressed with a buren. The image, a type of relief print, is produced by carving away everything except the lines to be printed. In modern times the images may have changed, but the process remains much the same, and its simplicity is very appealing, requiring not much more than a block of wood, a cutting tool (gouge), ink, and paper. Moku hanga is a traditional Japanese form of woodblock printmaking notable for black outlines, vibrant colors, and angled perspectives (think of Hokusai and Hirosada).
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